Blizzard Watch Podcast

This week we discuss Heroes of the Storm going into maintenance mode, the lackluster Diablo Immortal Season 2 Battle Pass, news on BlizzCon 2023, the Dracthyr customization preview, and what WoW could learn from the dual-class systems of rival MMORPGs Star Wars: The Old Republic and City of Heroes.

This week we discuss the arrival of Shadowlands Season 4, the end of Diablo Immortal’s first season, Hearthstone’s murder-mystery expansion that includes an actual murder-mystery story, and the possible impact of Blizzard absorbing Proletariat game studio.

This week we discuss Wrath Classic going from “no changes” to “some changes”, Hearthstone unveiling a deadly new expansion, Murder at Castle Nathria, and Overwatch 2 beta kicking off with a new Junker Queen hero, but no PvE gameplay yet.

This week we discuss the new announcements surrounding the Dragonflight expansion, the Season format for Overwatch 2, Arclight Rumble’s concerning pay-to-advance monetization vibe, and the details of the new Necromancer class for Diablo IV.

This week we discuss Overwatch 2’s new playable hero Junker Queen, the Necromancer class announced for Diablo 4, and which games we are most excited for from this week’s Summer Game Fest 2022 event.

This week we discuss the new talent system recently announced for Dragonflight, our thoughts about the just-released Diablo Immortal, and, by patron request, who is our favorite Star Trek character.

This week we discuss the long-asked-for cross-faction play that arrives with this week’s WoW patch 9.2.5, Hearthstone’s new tentalicious patch 23.4, and our experiences in the Diablo Immortal and Warcraft Arclight Rumble betas.

This week we discuss our first impressions of the new Warcraft Arclight Rumble beta, Hearthstone’s future plans, and Marvel Snap, the new mobile game announced by former-Hearthstone devs at Second Dinner.  You can listen to the podcast directly from this post or click on download icon in the upper right corner of the player below to listen on your own device.

This week we explore if WoW Classic needs to adopt the Diablo 3 Seasons concept, the unforeseen ramifications of removing Master Looting in WoW, and the very important and scientific question of just how orcs and trolls kiss with those big tusks in the way.

This week we discuss the new Blizzard mobile game reveal for Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Azshara and her Naga minions coming to Hearthstone Battlegrounds, the start of Burning Crusade Classic Phase 5 with the Sunwell Plateau launch, and more.